Toggling Harpoon Foreshaft, Bone Item Number: SJ186/70 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Composite toggling harpoon valve of cut mammal bone. Broken ends and uncut face have shiny glue residue. This artifact has no field form and is not listed in Carlson's 1954 thesis. Any provenience info was taken directly off artifact. R. Williams 2/4/98

Geographical Search Terms

Gulf of Georgia North America Northwest Coast San Juan County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Item History

What

Name
Toggling Harpoon Foreshaft, Bone
Identification Number
SJ186/70
Type of Item
bone toggling harpoon foreshaft
Material
bone
Manufacturing Technique
cut and ground
Overall
length 4.8 cm, width 1.2 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 4.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Carroll Burroughs

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1949

Other

Accession Number
3649
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-SJ-186
Object Category
Bone/Antler/Ivory
Object Sub Category
Bone, Modified